After taking the hit so many times, we finally dodged the bullet . . .
And we're forever grateful.
This is a story about parenting our three miracles after unexplained recurrent pregnancy loss.

Our Happy Ending

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Our Story. . . So Far

My husband and I endured nine miscarriages as we tried to build our family, becoming part of the 2% of couples who experience recurrent miscarriages. All of our friends had babies, so I used to joke, "It's because I am taking the statistical bullet for you." It stopped being funny, but it made a great blog title.

Through the miracle of IVF/PGD, we were blessed to finally bring our son, William Patrick, into our lives on August 20, 2008. We were then given a second miracle and welcomed our daughter, Emma Grace, on July 17, 2010. And just when we thought we were done, we got even luckier and Andrew Robert joined us on October 11, 2012.

This Week's Memorial Monday

Bullet Points

We're Celebrating!

When you start looking into the world of infertility, there are a lot of sad stories. But if you search just a little harder, you can find the happy stories, too. Here are just some of the miracles happening to IF girls, just like us, right now:

Manapan is pregnant after three miscarriages. Betas and ultrasounds looking good!

It Is What It Is has all of their paperwork completed and is waiting to adopt #2.

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Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Sleep and Eat

Thank you for the kind comments yesterday. It means a lot. I think sometimes just talking (writing, really, but sometimes I feel as if I am talking to you more than writing. . . blogging is weird like that) about it helps.

So does sleep. Emma had a great night of sleep last night. She went from 10 - 4 and since I went to bed when she did, I really got a nice chunk of sleep, too. It was just what I needed.

Unfortunately, I am still feeling anxious and eating is difficult. I know one night of good sleep isn't going to reverse the sleep deprivation of 7 weeks, so I am just hoping for another good night tonight and trying to eat small snacks throughout the day to keep up my energy.

One very weird thing about me is that the more that I can't eat, the more I want to feed those around me. I don't really want to take the time to analyze that, but there has got to be some deep pyschological issues there - I'm sure something freudian that I can blame my mother for :). In any case, I made a new crockpot chicken recipe last night that was super easy and I really enjoyed it (well, the making of it and watching my family enjoy it). I thought I would pass it along so you can enjoy it, too.

Crockpot Chicken and Wild Rice

4 chicken breasts (Can use bone-in or boneless - I used boneless)Salt and pepper to taste1 can cream of mushroom soup1 small onion, diced1 box Long Grain and Wild Rice with Seasonings1/2 c. sour cream1/2 c. grated parmesan cheese

Place chicken in bottom of crock pot. Season chicken with salt and pepper. Sprinkle diced onion over top. Top with cream soup. Cover and cook on low 7-8 hours. Cook rice according to package directions. Before serving, stir rice and sour cream in. Top with grated parmesan cheese. Serve hot.

To make it easier, prepare the rice the night before and place in refrigerator. Before serving, stir cold rice and sour cream in and let cook for another ten minutes or until rice is heated through, then top with cheese.

3 comments:

Is it that time already? And by that time, I mean time to break out the Crock Pot? It sure does feel that way in not-sunny So CA!

I actually have a pack of boneless chicken breasts in the fridge and I have the sour cream and parmesan and onion. So, instead of the Huli Huli chicken I was going to make tomorrow, I will make this instead.